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Petersburg Police Department

City agency in Petersburg City, Virginia. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1995.

ORI
VA1190000
Type
City
County
Petersburg City
State
Virginia
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1995-10-01
Location
37.2047, -77.3924

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 34,318.

84Sworn officers
24Civilian staff
3.15Employees per 1,000 people
34,318Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025842434,3183.15
20240033,5380.00
2023852233,4243.20
2022712533,5462.86
2021762430,2123.31
2020862131,1953.43
2019912131,2733.58
2018872431,5683.52
2017902431,7393.59
2016932732,2933.72
20151063532,6474.32
20141073632,5464.39

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$8,483Original acquisition value
17Line items received
20022002Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Rifle,5.56 Millimeter17$8,4832002-09-23

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record VA1190000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.